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The Royal Science.
THE ROYAL SCIENCE .
TH HUE ' a science , coeval with light ' s starry fountains , Which flew to this earth , when the bright orb of day , With golden mouth kissed the yet youthful mountains , And gladdened the world with his first burning ray ; Bright as was then the clear eye of the morning , Pure as the dewdrop , which spangled each flower , More than flow ' ror clay spring Nature adorning
, , young , And sweeter to Earth than her eve ' s dewy show ' r . When the cherubim flamed o ' er Eden ' s closed portals , And Happiness flew to her heaven again , When death , and the grave , were the portion of mortals , And man walked with sorrow , and journey'd with pain ; That best gift of Heaven , with purpose unshaken ,
Still clung to the wreck of the once beauteous world , And strove from the dust of despair to awaken , Tlie spirit , which sin from its birthright had hurled . By its beautiful precepts the path is revealed , Which traversed , unto a new Eden will lead ; From the scoffer its life-giving treasures concealed , In symbolswhich only the enlighten'd can read .
, 'Tis the salt of the earth , the favoured of heaven , The darling of honour , of virtue the pride . Oh ! ne ' er may its day-spring of light , with the leaven Of darkness and sin , be a moment allied . W . SKEWING , ( 2 . 5 . )
Occasional Hymn
OCCASIONAL HYMN
( For Freemasons , on laying the first Stone of a Sacred Edifice . ) SING the song of joy to-day , Now the sacred stone we lay , The corner stone of strength and mi ght , To bear the holy structure ' s height : Of our faith , oh Lord . ' in Thee May its strength a symbol be
, Of our love may it endure An emblem lasting and secure . Bless the holy fane we build , Be it with thy presence fill'd , When we seek the shrine , oh Lord ! To glorifThy holy word !
y Here , where we our love reveal , Thousands yet unborn shall kneel ! Sing then songs of joy to-day , While the sacred stone we lay . J . E . CAI ; I ' I-: XTF : H ,
Shaksgeare Lodge , Warwick .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Royal Science.
THE ROYAL SCIENCE .
TH HUE ' a science , coeval with light ' s starry fountains , Which flew to this earth , when the bright orb of day , With golden mouth kissed the yet youthful mountains , And gladdened the world with his first burning ray ; Bright as was then the clear eye of the morning , Pure as the dewdrop , which spangled each flower , More than flow ' ror clay spring Nature adorning
, , young , And sweeter to Earth than her eve ' s dewy show ' r . When the cherubim flamed o ' er Eden ' s closed portals , And Happiness flew to her heaven again , When death , and the grave , were the portion of mortals , And man walked with sorrow , and journey'd with pain ; That best gift of Heaven , with purpose unshaken ,
Still clung to the wreck of the once beauteous world , And strove from the dust of despair to awaken , Tlie spirit , which sin from its birthright had hurled . By its beautiful precepts the path is revealed , Which traversed , unto a new Eden will lead ; From the scoffer its life-giving treasures concealed , In symbolswhich only the enlighten'd can read .
, 'Tis the salt of the earth , the favoured of heaven , The darling of honour , of virtue the pride . Oh ! ne ' er may its day-spring of light , with the leaven Of darkness and sin , be a moment allied . W . SKEWING , ( 2 . 5 . )
Occasional Hymn
OCCASIONAL HYMN
( For Freemasons , on laying the first Stone of a Sacred Edifice . ) SING the song of joy to-day , Now the sacred stone we lay , The corner stone of strength and mi ght , To bear the holy structure ' s height : Of our faith , oh Lord . ' in Thee May its strength a symbol be
, Of our love may it endure An emblem lasting and secure . Bless the holy fane we build , Be it with thy presence fill'd , When we seek the shrine , oh Lord ! To glorifThy holy word !
y Here , where we our love reveal , Thousands yet unborn shall kneel ! Sing then songs of joy to-day , While the sacred stone we lay . J . E . CAI ; I ' I-: XTF : H ,
Shaksgeare Lodge , Warwick .